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PIN-KEEPER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 712,330, dated October 28, 1902.

Application filed January 2, 1902. Serial No. 88,135. (No model.)

This invention relates` to 'im provernents in keepers of pins of brooches and thelike; and the object is to provide a keeper of simple construction that will be closed or movedto a locked position by the insertion ot' a pin and having a guard to cover the pin-point, thus preventing any possibility of the point scratching a Vperson or becoming caught in a dress or the like.' x

I will describe a pin-keeper embodying my invention and then point out the novel features in the appended claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a perspective view of a pinkeeper embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a section on the line a; :c of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a similar section, but showing the keeper open; and Fig. 4 is a section on the line y 'y of Fig. 2. Y

Referring to the drawings, l designates a pin mounted to swing on a plate 2, -which may represent a brooch or th'e like.

The keeper for the pin-point consists of a plate of metal bent to form a loop member 3 and the finger members 4, spaced from the loop member, the pin being designed to pass between the parts 3 and 4.

The locking device consists of a plate 5, pivoted between the members 4 and having a hook member 6 at one end, which may be termed the ,inner eind, and a hook member 7 at its opposite or outer end.

Attached to the hook member 7 and eX- tending transversely thereof is a guard or hood 8 for the pin-point. This guard or hood 8 is longitudinally curved, and at its end toward the pivotal point of the pin l it is provided with a slight recess 9, in which the pin may engage.

In operation when the pin is moved inward between the parts 3 and 4 it will iirst engage with the hook 6, so that by a continued inward pressure on the pin the locking device 5 will be moved to a closed position, as indicated in Fig. 2, with the pin-point underneath the guard or hood and the outer end impinging on the pin-point, so as to prevent any possibility of the pointengaging in clothing or scratching a persons fingers.

When it is desired to release the pin, pressure applied to the finger-piece 10 on the part 5 will move it to the open position, allowing the pin to swing outward:

Having Athus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by'Letters Patent- 1 A pin-keeper consisting of a plate bent to form a loop member and finger members spaced from the loop member, a locking-plate pivoted between the finger members and having hook ends, and a guard carried by the locking-plate, the said guard being longitudinally curved and provided at its innerend with a recess to receive the pin, the outer end being adapted to engage on the point of the pin, substantially as specified. n

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the .presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CARL G. PINGEL.

Witnesses:

LEE DAVENPORT, J. S. SHRoPsHIEE. 

